Legal Opinion
Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Chesapeake Western Railway
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 13, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-1157-APublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Introduction
This Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) dispute, brought by fourteen labor unions and the Railway Labor Executives’ Association (“RLEA”) against a group of railroads, grows out of the railroads’ sale, lease, and abandonment of various of the railroads’ spur lines. Plaintiffs contend that defendants violated their duties under the RLA (i) to exert every reasonable effort to settle all disputes, maintain agreements and bargain only with designated employee representatives; (ii) to give written notice to bargain with its employees’ representatives…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Railway Labor Executives Ass'n v. Chesapeake Western RailwayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Csx Transportation, Inc. v. United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Csx Transportation, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Railway Labor Executives Ass'n v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Railway Labor Executives Association American Railway & Airway Supervisors Association American Train Dispatchers Association Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Brotherhood of Railway Carmen International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Sheet Metal Workers International Association Transportation Communications International Union Railroad Yardmasters of America United Transportation Union, and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union International Longshoremen's Association National Marine Engineer's Association Seafarers International Union of North America Transport Workers Union of America v. Chesapeake Western Railway Southern Railway Company Norfolk & Western Railway Company Norfolk Southern Corporation, and Carolina Coastal Railway, Incorporated, Railway Labor Executives Association American Railway & Airway Supervisors Association American Train Dispatchers Association Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Brotherhood of Railway Carmen International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Sheet Metal Workers International Association Transportation Communications International Union Railroad Yardmasters of America United Transportation Union, and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union International Longshoremen's Association National Marine Engineer's Association Seafarers International Union of North America Transport Workers Union of America v. Chesapeake Western Railway Southern Railway Company Norfolk & Western Railway Company Norfolk Southern Corporation, and Carolina Coastal Railway, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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